posted on: October 18, 2019

Brother John Limits Out

Type: Chesapeake
Region: Central
Location: Podickery Point???????????

Pulling into the boat launch area at Sandy Point State Park Wednesday morning the noticeable shortage of parked trailers told the story. The day�s unfavorable weather conditions kept all but the most stalwart of anglers staying on land. The high temperature would reach 64-F, waves were 1 ft. changing to 2, the wind SSE 10 mph with gusts to 20 and 100% chance of rain. These are not ideal boating conditions but does have the potential to give way to a great, or foolish, fishing opportunity. Seeing that only 3 boats launched ahead of us that morning, John and I reveled in the fact that we�d have the whole upper bay to ourselves.

Pulling out of Mezick Pond, we cleared the jetty and set a heading north toward the Sandy Point Lighthouse. Reaching 25 feet of water, we dropped four #2 diving planers and let out 40 feet of line and as we did the rain the weatherman promised began to pour down. Each planner pulled a 5� Luhr Jensen Pet Spoon attached with an 8 ft. leader line, 3 of the spoons were gold and the fourth was green.

As we passed the lighthouse a small scattering of birds, about a dozen, was spotted circling a wide patch of water over Podickery Point. Of course, we headed right for them and on approach, ZING! Oh, what a sweet sound, IT�S ON! The port side forward most line had a pull down. As John leaped out of his seat to tend to the rod, I grabbed the net and within minutes we landed a healthy 22-inch Striper. Circling back around and using the birds as our guide, we crisscrossed the water staying in between a depth of 16 to 30 feet east of green cans 3 and 5 and each time we turned north we got a pull down. Within the hour we reached our limit. Not wanting to get drenched to the bone by the continuous rainfall, we called it a day. It was a very successful day 22, 22, 19 & 19 in the box and all 4 fish bit on a gold spoon.